Description
dom4j version prior to version 2.1.1 contains a CWE-91: XML Injection vulnerability in Class: Element. Methods: addElement, addAttribute that can result in an attacker tampering with XML documents through XML injection. This attack appear to be exploitable via an attacker specifying attributes or elements in the XML document. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.1.1 or later.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 7.5/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0362Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0364Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0365Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0380Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1159Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1160Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1161Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1162Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3172Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/e598eb43d418744c4dbf62f647dd2381c9ce9387Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/issues/48Third Party Advisory
- https://ihacktoprotect.com/post/dom4j-xml-injection/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/00571f362a7a2470fba50a31282c65637c40d2e21ebe6ee535a4ed74%40%3Ccommits.maven.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/4a77652531d62299a30815cf5f233af183425db8e3c9a824a814e768%40%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5a020ecaa3c701f408f612f7ba2ee37a021644c4a39da2079ed3ddbc%40%3Ccommits.maven.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7e9e78f0e4288fac6591992836d2a80d4df19161e54bd71ab4b8e458%40%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7f6e120e6ed473f4e00dde4c398fc6698eb383bd7857d20513e989ce%40%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9d4c1af6f702c3d6d6f229de57112ddccac8ce44446a01b7937ab9e0%40%3Ccommits.maven.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d7d960b2778e35ec9b4d40c8efd468c7ce7163bcf6489b633491c89f%40%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb1b990d7920ae0d50da5109b73b92bab736d46c9788dd4b135cb1a51%40%3Cnotifications.freemarker.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00028.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IOOVVCRQE6ATFD2JM2EMDXOQXTRIVZGP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KJULAHVR3I5SX7OSMXAG75IMNSAYOXGA/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190530-0001/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0362Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0364Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0365Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0380Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1159Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1160Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1161Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1162Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3172Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/e598eb43d418744c4dbf62f647dd2381c9ce9387Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/issues/48Third Party Advisory
- https://ihacktoprotect.com/post/dom4j-xml-injection/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/00571f362a7a2470fba50a31282c65637c40d2e21ebe6ee535a4ed74%40%3Ccommits.maven.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/4a77652531d62299a30815cf5f233af183425db8e3c9a824a814e768%40%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5a020ecaa3c701f408f612f7ba2ee37a021644c4a39da2079ed3ddbc%40%3Ccommits.maven.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7e9e78f0e4288fac6591992836d2a80d4df19161e54bd71ab4b8e458%40%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7f6e120e6ed473f4e00dde4c398fc6698eb383bd7857d20513e989ce%40%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9d4c1af6f702c3d6d6f229de57112ddccac8ce44446a01b7937ab9e0%40%3Ccommits.maven.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d7d960b2778e35ec9b4d40c8efd468c7ce7163bcf6489b633491c89f%40%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb1b990d7920ae0d50da5109b73b92bab736d46c9788dd4b135cb1a51%40%3Cnotifications.freemarker.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00028.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IOOVVCRQE6ATFD2JM2EMDXOQXTRIVZGP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KJULAHVR3I5SX7OSMXAG75IMNSAYOXGA/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190530-0001/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 20, 2018
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified